{"id":8753,"date":"2011-09-30T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=8753"},"modified":"2011-09-30T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T17:48:01","slug":"living-on-a-budget-groceries-40-for-4-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=8753","title":{"rendered":"Living on a Budget: Groceries $40 for 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School is continuing at full throttle and we are finding ways to stay busy, ha! \u00a0 I was able to get some great items on clearance and stock up on some lunch box items.\u00a0 Here is my weekly update on our Groceries $40 for 4.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8693\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_8754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8754\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/P1170642c.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8754\" title=\"Groceries from Walmart and Aldi's\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/P1170642c.jpg?resize=379%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/P1170642c.jpg?w=379&amp;ssl=1 379w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/P1170642c.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Groceries from Aldi&#39;s and Walgreens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7953\">\n<div id=\"attachment_8039\"><strong>Aldi Groceries:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>$48.39 at Aldi&#8217;s for 4 boxes Macaroni &amp; Cheese, 1 bag Cinnamon Bagels, 2 boxes Moo Tube Yogurts, 1 box refrigerator Pie Crusts, 4 bags Cheese Sticks, 2 boxes Seasoned Potatoes, 1 three pound bag Chicken, 1 bag White Tortilla Chips, 1 bag Sugar Wafers, 1 bag Cheddar Nuggets, 1 box Oatmeal, 2 packs Taco Seasoning, 1 box Butter, 2 blocks Cheddar Cheese, 4 boxes Vanilla Pudding, 1 container Light Sour Cream, 1 bag Granulated Sugar, 2 Blueberry Pancake Mixes, 5 boxes Tropical Fruit Rolls, 1 bag Carrots, and 2 containers fresh Mushrooms (I was able to get several of these items marked down at Ali&#8217;s, which is rare for me, yay!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Walgreen Groceries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$1.21 at Walmart for 4 boxes Baking Soda, 3 bags <em>Disney<\/em> <em>Car<\/em> Marshmallows, 1 two liter Lemon Lime and 2 gallons Milk (the Baking Soda &amp; Milk was on sale and the Marshmallows &amp; Lemon Lime was on clearance.\u00a0 I used a couple Register Rewards towards the purchase.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This week I spent $49.60 on groceries.\u00a0 Even though I was only a little over on my budgeted amount for the week I was able to stock up on several items.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thankfully I had extra in the grocery wallet to cover the expense.\u00a0 I hope that next week is an even better week and we can come under budget for the week.<\/p>\n<p>It is my goal to give you regular updates on this budget section so you can celebrate the good weeks with me and thump me on the bad weeks!\u00a0 As always you are welcomed to join the journey with me.\u00a0 I would love to hear your story and how you are doing too.\u00a0 The purpose of our family doing this it to watch our grocery spending while allowing us to feed our family, enjoy life, share with others, and yet stay on track with our budget.<\/p>\n<p><em>Living on a Budget is a series of ways our family uses a budget to help keep us accountable with our finances.\u00a0 Life doesn\u2019t always go as planned.\u00a0 We have used some of the ideas I will be sharing for years while others are ones we are just starting to implement as we continue finding ways to be creative and have fun with what we have been given.\u00a0 Having a plan in place allows us the freedom to be smart with what we have been given, get more creative when it is a tight (week, month, year or a season) and when necessary live a much more simplified life.\u00a0 A budget helps us stay on track so we have more opportunities to enjoy the many blessings we have been given as well as share what we have with others.\u00a0 There is so much more to life than having all the stuff.\u00a0 We may not have the newest or greatest items in our house, we drive used cars, and wear hand-me-down clothing\u2026..however, if our family is taken care of and have love for each other and others we have more than all the riches in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School is continuing at full throttle and we are finding ways to stay busy, ha! \u00a0 I was able to get some great items on clearance and stock up on some lunch box items.\u00a0 Here is my weekly update on our Groceries $40 for 4. Aldi Groceries: $48.39 at Aldi&#8217;s for 4 boxes Macaroni &amp; Cheese, 1 bag Cinnamon Bagels, 2 boxes Moo Tube Yogurts, 1 box refrigerator Pie Crusts, 4 bags Cheese Sticks, 2 boxes Seasoned Potatoes, 1 three pound bag Chicken, 1 bag White Tortilla Chips, 1 bag Sugar Wafers, 1 bag Cheddar Nuggets, 1 box Oatmeal, 2 packs Taco Seasoning, 1 box Butter, 2 blocks Cheddar Cheese, 4 boxes Vanilla Pudding, 1 container Light Sour Cream, 1 bag Granulated Sugar, 2 Blueberry Pancake Mixes, 5 boxes Tropical Fruit Rolls, 1 bag Carrots, and 2 containers fresh Mushrooms (I was able to get several of these items marked down at Ali&#8217;s, which is rare for me, yay!) Walgreen Groceries: $1.21 at Walmart for 4 boxes Baking Soda, 3 bags Disney Car Marshmallows, 1 two liter Lemon Lime and 2 gallons Milk (the Baking Soda &amp; Milk was on sale and the Marshmallows &amp; Lemon Lime was on clearance.\u00a0 I used a couple Register Rewards towards the purchase.) This week I spent $49.60 on groceries.\u00a0 Even though I was only a little over on my budgeted amount for the week I was able to stock up on several items.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thankfully I had extra in the grocery wallet to cover the expense.\u00a0 I hope that next week is an even better week and we can come under budget for the week. It is my goal to give you regular updates on this budget section so you can celebrate the good weeks with me and thump me on the bad weeks!\u00a0 As always you are welcomed to join the journey with me.\u00a0 I would love to hear your story and how you are doing too.\u00a0 The purpose of our family doing this it to watch our grocery spending while allowing us to feed our family, enjoy life, share with others, and yet stay on track with our budget. Living on a Budget is a series of ways our family uses a budget to help keep us accountable with our finances.\u00a0 Life doesn\u2019t always go as planned.\u00a0 We have used some of the ideas I will be sharing for years while others are ones we are just starting to implement as we continue finding ways to be creative and have fun with what we have been given.\u00a0 Having a plan in place allows us the freedom to be smart with what we have been given, get more creative when it is a tight (week, month, year or a season) and when necessary live a much more simplified life.\u00a0 A budget helps us stay on track so we have more opportunities to enjoy the many blessings we have been given as well as share what we have with others.\u00a0 There is so much more to life than having all the stuff.\u00a0 We may not have the newest or greatest items in our house, we drive used cars, and wear hand-me-down clothing\u2026..however, if our family is taken care of and have love for each other and others we have more than all the riches in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,56,61,65,68,18,80,82,47],"tags":[118,417,824,826,1688,2258,2261,2667,3368,3673,3854,3981,3983,4003,4076,4462,6085,6086,6087,7565,7568,7718,9964,10701,10981,10988,11014,11015,11018,11022,14582,14583,14709,14873,16325,16521,17075,18170,21011,21341,22866,23202,24466,25020,25226,25234,26030],"class_list":["post-8753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget","category-coupons","category-deals","category-family","category-fresh-healthy","category-living-on-a-budget","category-menu-planning","category-recipe","category-weekly-ads","tag-40-for-4","tag-40-for-4-grocery-budget","tag-aldi-clearance","tag-aldi-groceries","tag-baking-soda","tag-best-price-for-milk","tag-best-price-for-milk-in-sc","tag-blueberry-panckae-mixes","tag-butter","tag-carrots","tag-character-marshmallows","tag-cheddar-cheese","tag-cheddar-nuggets","tag-cheese-sticks","tag-chicken","tag-cinnamon-bagels","tag-disney-car","tag-disney-car-marshmallow","tag-disney-car-treats","tag-family-budget","tag-family-budget-for-four","tag-family-of-four-grocery-budget","tag-gallon-of-milk","tag-granulated-sugar","tag-groceries-at-aldi","tag-groceries-at-walgreens","tag-grocery-at-aldi","tag-grocery-at-walgreens","tag-grocery-budget","tag-grocery-budget-for-4","tag-lemon-lime","tag-lemon-lime-soda","tag-light-sour-cream","tag-living-on-a-budget","tag-moo-tube-yogurts","tag-mushrooms","tag-oatmeal","tag-pie-crusts","tag-seasoned-potatoes","tag-shopping-at-aldi","tag-sugar-wafers","tag-taco-seasoning","tag-tropical-fruit-rolls","tag-vanilla-pudding","tag-walgreen-groceries","tag-walgreens-clearance","tag-white-tortilla-chips"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-2hb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}